In which we perform a case study on pseudoscience in the media. [...]
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tng's blog | 4 comments

Well, I'm still under the influence my gobbler induced L Tryptophan high, so I'll leave you for today with Pharyngula's insightful and timely piece on Penis Evolution.

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"If you saw me you'd never know I'd had a lobotomy," Dully says. "The only thing you'd notice is that I'm very tall and weigh about 350 pounds. But I've always felt different -- wondered if something's missing from my soul. I have no memory of the operation, and never had the courage to ask my family about it. So two years ago I set out on a journey to learn everything I could about my lobotomy."
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Shut Up Wesley's blog | 5 comments

Remember the good old days, when the conservatives were aware of and admitted to their worldview honestly? Like Ray Mummert, for instance.

We've been attacked by the intelligent, educated segment of the culture.

We still get hints of that refreshing forthrightness now and then, as in this recent testimony of a Dover school board member:

"The only people in the school district with a scientific background were opposed to intelligent design ... and you ignored them?" he asked.

"Yes," Geesey said.

More often, though, we're getting strange comments that leave us sophisticated liberal academics scratching our head in puzzlement.

That's how PZ Meyers latest blog entry Double-plus ungood begins over at Pharyngula. I just wanted to point this out because he's collected one whoppin' load of right-wing and Christian fundamentalist crackpot reasoning that just has to be seen to be believed.

tng's blog | 2 comments

We're all familiar with super happy fun cthulhu. Well, those wacky Japanese scientists are at it again and have found the real thing!
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Modem Butterfly's blog | 7 comments